CIRCLED POSTAL MARK·U+3036

Character Information

Code Point
U+3036
HEX
3036
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 80 B6
11100011 10000000 10110110
UTF16 (big Endian)
30 36
00110000 00110110
UTF16 (little Endian)
36 30
00110110 00110000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 30 36
00000000 00000000 00110000 00110110
UTF32 (little Endian)
36 30 00 00
00110110 00110000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
〶
URI Encoded
%E3%80%B6

Description

The Unicode character U+3036, known as CIRCLED POSTAL MARK (゙), is a symbol primarily used in digital text to represent a special postal marking in the Japanese postal system. This character is utilized when indicating that an item has been delivered or collected, and it plays a crucial role in maintaining accuracy and efficiency within the mailing process. CIRCLED POSTAL MARK is part of the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) set of characters and is also included in the Unicode Standard, which aims to consistently encode and represent text across different languages and platforms. Although it has a specific function in the Japanese postal system, the CIRCLED POSTAL MARK can be used in digital communication globally due to its inclusion in the universal Unicode character set, thus promoting cross-cultural understanding and facilitating international correspondence.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12342 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+3036. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+3036 to binary: 00110000 00110110. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100011 10000000 10110110